This was the moment that 2009′s X Factor came to an emotional finale, with people’s favourite Joe McElderry singing his way to a stunning top spot. The 18-year-old student from South Shields – the same home town as his mentor, the gorgeous Cheryl Cole – performed magnificently throughout the competition and stole the hearts of [...]
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Top 10 Christmas hires
With the festive season upon us and so many Christmas parties and events to organise, here we offer 10 top tips on what to rent to get your party swinging. The beauty of erento is that it brings together a wide range of suppliers under one virtual roof. Think of it as a massive rental [...]
Google doodle goes Cookie Monster for Sesame Street’s 40th
Google’s famous doodles keep everyone guessing and it’s a brave person that tries to forecast what the next doodle is going to be. Here at erento we’re endlessly amused by the logo changes, which have become ever more creative, but trying to guess what film, person, national holiday or event in history that Google will [...]
Halloween costume hire
Halloween is just around the corner and we are bracing ourselves for a peak in interest in party equipment and catering hire as people across the British Isles get ready to celebrate this ancient, spooky festival. In preparation, we have created a new Halloween Theme World and put a new teaser on the erento homepage. [...]
Jenson Button wins F1 crown
Button is congratulated by 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton (Image credit: Felix Heyder/EPA) Our congratulations go out to British racing driver Jenson Button, who has won the Formula One world championship after a thrilling penultimate drive at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Button came from 14th on the grid to finish 4th after a series of daring [...]
Rent a Christmas Tree
The festive season will soon be upon us! Whereas most of us will either dust off an old artificial Christmas tree dragged from the back of the cupboard, or source a real tree from the garden centre, there will be those among us who would rather rent the tree. Yes, fair readers! In this day [...]
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Motorbike hire with a difference
When W.B. Yeats wrote unerringly that all had ‘Changed/ changed utterly/ A terrible beauty is born’, was he gazing forward in history to the moment when the first Ducati Streetfighter rolled off the production line and into modern-day legend? Well, in short, no. The great poet was surveying the upheavals of Irish national history, of [...]
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Musical instrument hire – pianos
Of all the musical instruments, the piano evokes perhaps the strongest link with the notion of genius. We think of Beethoven’s sonatas, Mozart’s dancing fingers and the stomping keyboard technique of Little Richard. Pianos are quite simply the grandest instruments around. Yet by virtue of the ease with which anyone at all, even a toddler, [...]
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Hire a metal detector while stocks last
News reached erento today of a lucky fellow (left) who unearthed a massive hoard of 10,000 Roman coins in rural Shropshire. The amateur metal-detecting enthusiast was on his first ever hunt for buried loot, and the gods were clearly shining on his endeavour. Nick Davies uncovered the 10,000 silver and bronze ‘nummi’ coins, dating from [...]
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